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Once again, it was another great movie I hadn’t seen for years so I was really eager to check it out again. Even though there has been countless movies about the Vietnam war, the conflict in Cambodia has been criminally forgotten whereas there was there a massive genocide which was still taking place even when this movie was released. Only therefore, it is already a really important feature. Lik... read more

Description:Sydney Schanberg is a New York Times journalist convering the civil war in Cambodia. Together with local representative Dith Pran, they cover some of the tragedy and madness of the war. When the Americans forces leave, Dith Pran sends his family with them, but stays behind himself to help Schanberg cover the event. As an American, SchSydney Schanberg is a New York Times journalist convering the civil war in Cambodia. Together with local representative Dith Pran, they cover some of the tragedy and madness of the war. When the Americans forces leave, Dith Pran sends his family with them, but stays behind himself to help Schanberg cover the event. As an American, Schanberg won't have any trouble leaving the country, but the situation is different for Pran; he's a local, and the Khmer Rouge are moving in.... (more)(less)

“Once again, it was another great movie I hadn’t seen for years so I was really eager to check it out again. Even though there has been countless movies about the Vietnam war, the conflict in Cambodia has been criminally forgotten whereas there was there a massive genocide which was still taking place even when this movie was released. Only therefore, it is already a really important feature. Like many other movies dealing with foreign conflicts like ‘Cry Freedom’ or ‘Shooting Dogs’, it uses the gimmick of having an occidental main character so we can easier focus and identify with what’s going on but, for once, this gimmick didn’t bother me. Furthermore, even though it was Roland Joffé’s directing debut, the directing was really efficient and this depiction of war was real” read more

"The events of this movie take place in Cambodia, during the civil war between the Cambodian National Army and the Khmer Rouge. Many of the events show cruel executions and forced labor, all of which took place in Cambodia by the Khmer Rouge. The story follows the plight of journalist Dith Pran, a Cambodian who is taken prisoner, and forced to work under the constant threat of execution by the Khmer Rouge. His partner, reporter Sydney Schanberg attempts to rescue his friend by publicizing the vio"

"The tearful reactions over the plight of Cambodia (abandoned by the callous United States, invaded by the vicious Khymer Rouge); the close relationship between New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg (Sam Waterston) and Cambodian assistant, friend and interpreter, Dith Pran (Dr. Haing S. Ngor); their separation when the Khymer Rouge took over Phnom Penh; the trials Dith underwent while a prisoner of the Khymer Rouge and his escape through "the killing fields"; and the famous reunion scene and D"

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I put off watching this film for the simple reason that I figured it would be emotionally upsetting.
So, yes about the 30min mark into the film I was ready to start crying. This is such a sad and horrific story as well as an important one. There is a reason that reporters should *not* be embedded with US forces and if they had this story would never have been told. Yet, the film doesn't shy away from how even non-embedded reporting has a dark side.
I really liked that the film spent about "

"18/4
This was frightening and terrible to imagine actually happened. It was made stronger by the fact that the film was made only 5 years after the genocide in Cambodia was finally brought to a relative end. Still...perhaps it is my habit of watching films that make me thank every supreme being out there that I was born in the time and place I was...but I was not as impressed and as touched by this film as I thought I would be. I would really love to learn more about this time in histo"